Based on open BBC sources, the names of more than 4,000 Russian soldiers who died in the war in Ukraine are known. Among them, the proportion of those who went to war on their own initiative, having gone through only a few days of preparation, is rapidly growing.
The BBC Russian service maintains a list of casualties of Russian servicemen in Ukraine together with the Mediazona publication (recognized in Russia as a "media-foreign agent") and a team of volunteers. During the four months of the war, we were able to confirm the information about 4010 dead soldiers and officers. Not all of the dead are reported publicly. Every week we find new evidence of Russian military funerals in cemeteries in different cities of Russia, which are not reported by local authorities.
This figure does not include the missing Russian military, since it is impossible to even approximately determine their number, and the dead who joined the armies of the self-proclaimed republics of Donbass before February 24, 2022.
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The data we have collected does not reflect the actual level of casualties, as we rely only on confirmed death reports. But the accumulated information allows us to understand and analyze what happens to the Russian army during the war. "What do we know about Russia's losses in Ukraine during the four months of the war
"Only old men go to battle"
In the two weeks that have passed since the last update of the list, the number of dead, who are called volunteers by the Russian authorities and the media, has increased significantly,
At the end of June, the BBC knows the names of at least 191 such Russians. Every week there are reports of the death of another 30-40 volunteers. So often do not report the death of any other category of military personnel.
It is the detachments of volunteers, together with the fighters of the so-called “PMC Wagner”, that are now the main Russian assault forces at the front, two BBC sources who are at the forefront of the fighting on the Russian side note.
According to sources, army units are now trying to protect, since many of them have already suffered heavy losses in the first months of fighting in Ukraine. In the two weeks that have passed since the last update of the list, the number of dead, who are called volunteers by the Russian authorities and the media, has increased significantly,
At the end of June, the BBC knows the names of at least 191 such Russians. Every week there are reports of the death of another 30-40 volunteers. So often do not report the death of any other category of military personnel.
It is the detachments of volunteers, together with the fighters of the so-called “PMC Wagner”, that are now the main Russian assault forces at the front, two BBC sources who are at the forefront of the fighting on the Russian side note.
According to sources, army units are now trying to protect, since many of them have already suffered heavy losses in the first months of fighting in Ukraine.
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